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Vadxx Energy has announced plans to build a MEDICAL WASTE, tire and plastic burning facility in a residential neighborhood in Cleveland's St Clair and 79th Street area.

Vadxx Energy intends tobuild a 10,000-square-foot facility near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and East 79th Street, where the company will burn as many as 60 tons a day of plastic and rubber waste, the company's Chief Executive Officer Jim Garrett told City Council members at a Community and Economic Development Committee meeting Tuesday.

I believe that Gus Frangos and his LLC - Quinn Court Properties- might have some plans for their property.

Is it possible that the shell LLC has intentions of selling this land to Vaddx Energy? I believe it is a done deal.

There is certainly lots of suspicious activity at Quinn Court Property LLC's numerous parcels of land located in the near vicinity of the area where Vaddx Energy intends to build their MEDICAL WASTE polluting 10,000 square foot facility - 1/2 mile away.

Surely they will also need a large parking lot to accomodate their employees and dump trucks.

Special driveways for the drivers dumping medical waste, tires and plastic- up to 60 TONS a day in a RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

Property owned by the shell LLC - Quinn Court Properties LLC

The property owned by the shell LLC certainly looks odd to have a few houses completely surrounded by vacant property. The houses appear to be in the way:

The shell LLC - Quinn Court Properties LLC- also owns two parcels of land in the area below marked, "Quinn Ct":

The mortgage company sued the shell LLC and filed two foreclosures relative to Quinn Court Properties LLC.

One case requested a judgment for $123,725.01 and the other foreclosure case requested a judgment for $98,702.60- both cases named Gus Frangos as a defendant.

Both cases were settled and dismissed. The delinquent property taxes that were recently paid was nearly $15,000.

Why would the shell LLC not walk away, as it has for other property?

Why would the shell LLC want to pay it's financial obligation of over $200,000 for the above property?

There is no way that Gus Frangos was not aware of Vadxx Energy's plan to build this facility- conveniently located where Quinn Court Property LLC owns several parcels of land- in a residential neighborhood.

Shame on you MAYOR FRANK JACKSON for not protecting your people from this pollution so that Gus Frangos can make a buck on his shell properties.

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Although it is an interesting idea to recycle oil from plastic instead of letting it sit in landfills, why build a new facility at 79th and St. Clair when there are acres of unused industrial land east of downtown along I-90 and around the Flats?...

Neil Seldman, president of the Washington D.C.-based Institute for Local Self Reliance, said in an interview Tuesday that the pyrolysis and gasification technologies are equally harmful to the environment.

"It is the exact same bill of goods," Seldman said. "Burning tires emits toxic chemicals. Plastics are toxic, medical waste is toxic. They are trying to gasify toxic materials."

Why a residential area? If successful, they will want a huge area, piles and piles of tires. If not successful, they will leave the tires and waste behind. Vadyxx uses pyrolysis for tires and for medical waste. The process is not contaminate-free.

Quinn Court conveniently heads straight to the proposed area where Vadxx Energy will be built.

It appears that Quinn Court and Detour Avenue will be the entrance to the polluter building.

Vadxx has to accomodate neighboring houses to dump their waste.

They can't have heavy and loud trucks disturbing the peace of nearby residents while bringing in the 60 TONS of waste that will be burned daily in a residential neighborhood.

Quinn Court ( the red spot marked 'A' ) is conveniently located near the 'white arrow' where the EPA has issued the permit for Liberation Capital Vadxx Cleveland LLC- 7901 St. Clair.

I wonder who decided on this residential location for building this poison burning plant? Cleveland has tons of vacant industrial buildings and empty lots scattered throughout the city- in NON RESEDENTIAL areas.

Probably the same person that failed to pay property taxes FOR YEARS- despite his salary being paid -in part- by the collection of delinquent property taxes.

The same person that wrote and passed legistlation targeting others for failure to timely pay property taxes:

And more than likely the same person that failed to pay their mortgage for years and only recently decided to pay their dues:

According to the Plain Dealer - who has failed to respond to my email regarding this issue and banned me from posting on-line comments - Vadxx intends to spend between $12 and $20 million to build this facility:

(CLEVELAND) September 17, 2009 -- Vadxx Energy, LLC, a manufacturer of synthetic crude oil, natural gas, and activated carbon headquartered in Bedford Heights, Ohio, is the sixth recipient of Cuyahoga County’s Northcoast Opportunities (NCO) Technology Fund. The $120,000 loan will help the company reconstruct and operate a synthetic crude oil manufacturing pilot plant and perform product testing and analysis. The total cost of the pilot project is $250,000. In addition to Cuyahoga County NCO funding of $120,000, Vadxx Energy has received funding of $100,000 from the Great Lakes Innovation Fund (GLIDE) and $30,000 in other equity.

1. Does it really matter how "picky" the company is about the tires, plastics and medical waste entering its chamber? Sterilized or not, everything Vadxx will be heating up is made of toxins.

2. So, the exhaust is "clear and odor-free" -- does that tell us anything about exposure to toxins? If "colorless and odorless" equals "safe," then there's no reason to have carbon monoxide detectors.

3. It is disturbing that any company can plop itself down in a residential area and decide, "as a courtesy," how much it wants to engage with city representatives or residents regarding its operations. Vadxx executives do not live in the neighborhood and have nothing but a financial interest in it. Yet, the company, as a corporation, possesses the same constitutional rights as persons and, therefore, can pollute the air that it does not have to breathe.

"It seems like these permits are being handed out like there's no tomorrow," she said. "I wonder, why not build this in Gates Mills if it's so safe? This is Death Valley where they are now putting it."

What are the businesses getting in exchange for choosing said location...hmmm.... imagine the connections when we think of steered governmental grants to invest in Cleveland..............well, Frangos and Rokakis were part of the old regime...and their connections in the below county steered funding resources of federal grants probably remain.....

ONLY THE CONNECTED GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES APPROVED....Otherwise...they're like a joke!

The slum property owned by Quinn Court Properties LLC has shown no interest in the numerous properties that have blighted an entire neighborhood for years.

No mortgage or property taxes paid for years.

No maintenance for years.

The only interest was collecting rent.

Why the sudden interest in this slum property located conveniently near Vadxx?

Two cases for lots of money were recently settled:

DEFENDANT

(1)

QUINN COURT PROPERTIES LLC

C/O GUS FRANGOS

8062 RAVENNA ROAD

HUDSON, OH 44236-0000

ATTORNEY

/ PRO SE (9999999)

DEFENDANT

(2)

GUS FRANGOS

8062 RAVENNA ROAD

HUDSON, OH 44236-0000

ATTORNEY

EDWARD F. HERMAN (0086598)

614 SUPERIOR AVENUE WEST STE 820

CLEVELAND, OH 44113-0000

N/A

Answer Filed: N/A

DEFENDANT

(3)

COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA OHIO C/O DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

1701 EAST 12TH STREET 1ST FLOOR

CLEVELAND, OH 44114-0000

Why was Cuayhoga County Community Development made a party to this case? Did they give Gus FRangos money for these dumps?

Over $200,000 was requested for these two cases, and they were both settled.

Mortgage releases were recently filed.

Thousands in delinquent property taxes that were not paid for many years were suddenly paid.

Why would Frangos spend this kind of money to save this slum property? He has big plans for this property as it not worth two cents. It will cost more money to demolish these dumps then the land located on East 70th and St. Clair and Quinn Court is worth. Unless- Gus Frangos has other intentions for these slum dumps:

Community development at its best: Wonder how much Frangos received for this high quality developing: